Bishop Ephrem Giesen, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}

Titular Bishop of Paltus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1868		Born	Amsterdam, Netherlands
4 Oct 1887	19.0	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
18 Mar 1893	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
23 Jul 1902	33.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
23 Jul 1902	33.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paltus
16 Nov 1902	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Paltus
6 Aug 1919	50.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China

a priest for 26.4 years
a bishop for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Anton Hofman, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Telmissus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus
Bishop Alphonse Bermyn, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Lydia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Anton Hofman, O.F.M. † (1891)
Titular Bishop of Telmissus
Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. † (1889)
Titular Bishop of Colophon
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Madaurus
Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † (1874)
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. † (1849)
Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Soli
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. † (1911)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1920
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 436
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1902, Number 64

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